Developing performance data for making useful faculty and leadership decisions: Needs assessment as a vehicle

Swart, William; Kaufman, Roger

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“…http://BusinessDictionary.com defines gap analysis as “A technique that businesses use to determine what steps need to be taken in order to move from its current state to its desired, future state. This is also called need‐gap analysis, needs analysis, and needs assessment.” Needs assessment has been used in higher educational settings to identify administrative priorities (Swart & Kaufman, ; Swart, ). It has also been suggested to be an ingredient for strategic planning in academia which may lead to decisions such as whether to expand distance education (Watkins, Kaufman, & Odunlami, ).…”

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“…This is also called need-gap analysis, needs analysis, and needs assessment." Needs assessment has been used in higher educational settings to identify administrative priorities (Swart & Kaufman, 2009;Swart, 2010). It has also been suggested to be an ingredient for strategic planning in academia which may lead to decisions such as whether to expand distance education (Watkins, Kaufman, & Odunlami, 2013).…”

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Flipping Quantitative Classes: A Triple Win

Swart

Wuensch

2016

Decision Sci J Innov Edu

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In the “flipped” class, students use online materials to learn what is traditionally learned by attending lectures, and class time is used for interactive group learning. A required quantitative business class was taught as a flipped classroom in an attempt to improve student satisfaction in the course and reduce the “transactional distance” (perceived barriers to engaging with the instructor, other students, technology, and course content) and increase satisfaction. Analysis indicated improvements to both transactional distance and student satisfaction in the flipped classroom. Multiple regression analysis quantified the extent of which each transactional distance was a predictor of student satisfaction. The improved satisfaction in the flipped classroom was predicted by the improvement in transactional distances between students, students and the instructor, and students and the instructional technology used in the class. The conclusions from this study suggest that the flipped classroom is a particularly good pedagogical strategy for quantitative classes. It allows the instructor to increase student satisfaction (a win for the students) in a course in which it is usually low without compromising academic standards (a win for the teachers). Finally, increased satisfaction leads to increased retention and hence increased revenues for the institution, which is a win for the administration.

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Section: Literature Review: Td Rpt and The Flipped Classroommentioning

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Flipping Quantitative Classes: A Triple Win

Swart

Wuensch

2016

Decision Sci J Innov Edu

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“…The responses for each department differed according to the perceptions of their faculty with respect to the attributes contained in the Academic Needs Analy-sis (ANA) questionnaire. Results for the chair and institutional questionnaires are available in Swart and Kaufman (2009).…”

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Academic Needs Assessment: Continual Improvement for Academic Units

Swart¹

2021

Perf. Improv.

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This article revisits the integration of Roger Kaufman's ideal vison, organizational elements model, and needs analysis into a leadership model for academic units that provides a guide to continual performance improvement. It was implemented at two institutions and was validated by unconditional accreditations by the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) at both. The application to Engineering is coincidental. As a former Provost, I can vouch for its applicability to any discipline or institution.

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U.S. Air Force’s Special Warfare Preservice Instructors’ Training: A Systematic Needs Assessment Approach

Garcia

Özoğul

2022

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Developing performance data for making useful faculty and leadership decisions: Needs assessment as a vehicle

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Flipping Quantitative Classes: A Triple Win

Flipping Quantitative Classes: A Triple Win

Academic Needs Assessment: Continual Improvement for Academic Units

U.S. Air Force’s Special Warfare Preservice Instructors’ Training: A Systematic Needs Assessment Approach

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